Virginia Tech
HR Specialist
🇺🇸
Roanoke, VA
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Full-Time
💰
TBD
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Human Resources
🗓️
February 9th, 2026
Edtech.com's Summary
Virginia Tech is hiring a HR Specialist who will support the employee lifecycle by focusing on onboarding, offboarding, and performance management processes. The role involves facilitating technical onboarding, administering performance evaluations, managing Graduate Research Assistant contracts, and maintaining confidential records while collaborating with university HR partners to implement HR initiatives.
Highlights
- Primary responsibilities include onboarding/offboarding, performance management facilitation, and administering GRA contracts.
- Manage confidential records and provide superior customer service with responsiveness and professionalism.
- Require experience in HR roles with knowledge of employment law, HR compliance, and HR process administration.
- Preferred qualifications include a bachelor's degree in Human Resources or related field, SHRM certification, and HRIS system experience.
- Opportunity to expand responsibilities into employee relations, HR reporting, training, and immigration compliance.
- Non-exempt position eligible for overtime, working 40 hours per week.
- Salary commensurate with experience, classified at pay band 4.
- Engage with various university departments including faculty, staff, and wage hires in an academic research environment.
- Criminal conviction check required for employment.
- Virginia Tech is a research institution serving a diverse population across multiple campuses and colleges.
HR Specialist Full Description
Job Description
Reporting to the Senior HR Manager, the Human Resources Specialist will play a pivotal role in the FBRI HR team by providing key support to the employee lifecycle. This position will have a primary focus on onboarding/offboarding and performance management processes by facilitating technical onboarding for all faculty, staff and wage hires and administering the performance evaluation process for faculty and staff. This position will also administer Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) contracts, and maintain confidential records and information.
The ideal candidate is committed to participating in a collaborative office environment and possesses the ability to manage day-to-day personnel actions with discretion and sound decision-making. They will need to communicate clearly, effectively, and empathetically and work collaboratively to accomplish common goals. They will provide superior customer service through responsiveness, and professional demeanor. They will analyze HR issues and recommend actions based on knowledge of processes, University policy, federal, and state laws. The HR Specialist will also engage with university HR partners to stay up to date on current processes and systems.
This position offers opportunities to expand responsibilities over time in areas such as employee relations support, HR reporting and analytics, training and employee engagement initiatives, and immigration compliance. The Human Resources Specialist may assist with program coordination, process improvement efforts, and expanded consultative support in collaboration with the Senior HR Manager. Over time, the incumbent will have the opportunity to deepen their expertise, take on more strategic HR initiatives, and contribute to shaping FBRI HR practices that support the institute’s mission and people.
The ideal candidate is committed to participating in a collaborative office environment and possesses the ability to manage day-to-day personnel actions with discretion and sound decision-making. They will need to communicate clearly, effectively, and empathetically and work collaboratively to accomplish common goals. They will provide superior customer service through responsiveness, and professional demeanor. They will analyze HR issues and recommend actions based on knowledge of processes, University policy, federal, and state laws. The HR Specialist will also engage with university HR partners to stay up to date on current processes and systems.
This position offers opportunities to expand responsibilities over time in areas such as employee relations support, HR reporting and analytics, training and employee engagement initiatives, and immigration compliance. The Human Resources Specialist may assist with program coordination, process improvement efforts, and expanded consultative support in collaboration with the Senior HR Manager. Over time, the incumbent will have the opportunity to deepen their expertise, take on more strategic HR initiatives, and contribute to shaping FBRI HR practices that support the institute’s mission and people.
Required Qualifications
• Experience working in an HR Specialist, HR Coordinator, or similar role.
• Working knowledge of employment law and HR compliance
• Experience administering HR processes, including Onboarding/Offboarding
• Experience with performance management facilitation
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Superior customer service, responsiveness, and professional demeanor
• Ability to manage confidential information with discretion
• Ability to multi-task and work independently
• Ability to work in a fast paced, high volume environment with efficiency.
• Working knowledge of employment law and HR compliance
• Experience administering HR processes, including Onboarding/Offboarding
• Experience with performance management facilitation
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Superior customer service, responsiveness, and professional demeanor
• Ability to manage confidential information with discretion
• Ability to multi-task and work independently
• Ability to work in a fast paced, high volume environment with efficiency.
Preferred Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or equivalent training/experience in related field.
• SHRM certification
• Experience working in an academic or research environment.
• Experience with HRIS systems
• SHRM certification
• Experience working in an academic or research environment.
• Experience with HRIS systems
Pay Band
4
Overtime Status
Non-Exempt: Eligible for overtime
Appointment Type
Restricted
Salary Information
Commensurate with experience
Hours per week
40
Review Date
3/2/26
Additional Information
The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.
About Virginia Tech
Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges, a school of medicine, a veterinary medicine college, Graduate School, and Honors College. The university has a significant presence across Virginia, including Blacksburg, the greater Washington, D.C. area, the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, sites in Newport News and Richmond, and numerous Extension offices and research institutes. A leading global research institution, Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.
Virginia Tech endorses and encourages participation in professional development opportunities and university shared governance. These valuable contributions to university shared governance provide important representation and perspective, along with opportunities for unique and impactful professional development.
Virginia Tech does not discriminate against employees, students, or applicants on the basis of age, color, disability, sex (including pregnancy), gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, ethnicity or national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, or military status, or otherwise discriminate against employees or applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose their compensation or the compensation of other employees or applicants, or on any other basis protected by law.
If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact Brittany Shelton at sheltb@vtc.vt.edu during regular business hours at least 10 business days prior to the event.
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